Cockpit Reference Guide

Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Piper PA-46 Meridian 190-00763-02 Rev. A450
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
SYSTEM
OVERVIEW
FLIGHT
INSTRUMENTS
EICAS
AUDIO PANEL
& CNS
FLIGHT
MANAGEMENT
HAZARD
AVOIDANCE
AFCS
ADDITIONAL
FEATURES
APPENDICESINDEX
8.1 SYNTHETIC VISION SYSTEM (SVS)
WARNING: Use appropriate primary systems for navigation, and for terrain, obstacle, and traffic avoidance.
SVS is intended as an aid to situational awareness only and may not provide either the accuracy or reliability
upon which to solely base decisions and/or plan maneuvers to avoid terrain, obstacles, or traffic.
The SyntheticVisionSystem(SVS)isavisualenhancementtotheG1000IntegratedFlightDeck.SVSdepicts
aforward-lookingattitudedisplayofthetopographyimmediatelyinfrontoftheaircraft.Theeldofviewis30
degreestotheleftand35degreestotheright.SVSinformationisshownonthePrimaryFlightDisplay(PFD),
orontheMultifunctionDisplay(MFD)inReversionaryMode(Figure8-80).Thedepictedimageryisderived
fromtheaircraftattitude,heading,GPSthree-dimensionalposition,andaninearc-seconddatabaseofterrain,
obstacles,andotherrelevantfeatures.Theterraindataresolutionofninearc-seconds,meaningthattheterrain
elevationcontoursarestoredinsquaresmeasuringninearc-secondsoneachside,isrequiredfortheoperationof
SVS.Lossofanyoftherequireddata,includingtemporarylossoftheGPSsignal,willcauseSVStobedisabled
untiltherequireddataisrestored.
TheSVSterraindisplayshowslandcontours(colorsareconsistentwiththoseofthetopographicalmapdisplay),
largewaterfeatures,towers,andotherobstaclesover200’AGLthatareincludedintheobstacledatabase.Cultural
featuresonthegroundsuchasroads,highways,railroadtracks,cities,andstateboundariesarenotdisplayed
evenifthosefeaturesarefoundontheMFDmap.Theterraindisplayalsoincludesanorth–southeast–westgrid
withlinesorientedwithtruenorthandspacedatonearc-minuteintervalstoassistinorientationrelativetothe
terrain.
The optional Terrain Awarenessand Warning System (TAWS) or standard Terrain-SVS is integrated within
SVStoprovidevisualandauditoryalertstoindicatethepresenceofterrainandobstaclethreatsrelevanttothe
projectedightpath.TerrainalertsaredisplayedinredandyellowshadingonthePFD.
Theterraindisplayisintendedforsituationalawarenessonly.Itmaynotprovidetheaccuracyordelityon
whichtobasedecisionsandplanmaneuverstoavoidterrainorobstacles.Navigationmustnotbepredicated
solelyupontheuseoftheTerrain–SVSorTAWSterrainorobstacledatadisplayedbytheSVS.
ThefollowingSVSenhancementsappearonthePFD:
•Pathways
•FlightPathMarker
•HorizonHeadingMarks
•TrafcDisplay
•AirportSigns
•RunwayDisplay
•TerrainAlerting
•ObstacleAlerting